Learn Beyond The Book is proud to partner with local community colleges and their professors to provide support to high schoolers who are taking their first college classes. We have multiple classes available (below) and work with multiple colleges. Classes can be transferred between community colleges, so you can take the classes at any of these colleges and it will fulfill the same IGETC requirements.
Details on the colleges and their process for dual enrollment will be provided to registered students. For some courses, the professor is also the teacher at Learn Beyond The Book and for other classes, our teacher works with the professors at the college. The concurrent enrollment credit courses (sometimes called companion courses) at Learn Beyond The Book do not exceed 12 students and will be offered online so that all students can access the support. The community college courses will also be online courses, so you could enroll from anywhere. The community college course is free and the concurrent enrollment credit companion course at Learn Beyond The Book will have a fee; think of it as small-group tutoring through the college course, with discussions with peers, explanations, and assistance on assignments to help make the college classes come to life. If there are not enough students interested in a class, the course will still be available via private tutoring or the tutoring costs can be shared between 2 or 3 students.
Below is the list of courses that we plan to offer each year and a short description of what each class would count for on the IGETC and for High School credits. If a class counts for IGETC, it will also be counted towards AA graduation requirements General Ed as well as the CSU GE Breadth Certification Plan. Please contact us with any questions at learnbeyondthebook@gmail.com
If a student wants to register for these companion courses, they need to complete an assessment to make sure they are ready for a college course in terms of writing and comprehension. The first 2 weeks of the course we will also be evaluating how they’re doing and let parents know if the class should be dropped before the drop date passes if they seem to be having too hard of a time in the college class. Enrollment in the companion courses never guarantees a good grade; students are still ultimately responsible for submitting assignments, discussions, and quizzes online in the college Canvas system, but they will have support and help through the courses and our teachers help to bring online college classes to life.
** If a student already completed community college courses before, they most likely don’t need to do the assessment. Please email learnbeyondthebook@gmail.com with their unofficial college transcript if this is the case. **
Once the assessment is completed, we will be in contact to provide you with details to enroll. As you wait for the assessment to be looked at, start by applying to the college listed with each class that your student plans to enroll in.
Please register here for the support class at Learn Beyond The Book.
Fall semester:
Cinema 3
IGETC & CSU GE: AREA 3A – ARTS AND HUMANITIES
A-G High school: Film History & Appreciation – Visual & Performing Arts (VAPA) credit
Health 11
CSU GE Breadth Certification and AA Graduation requirement
A-G High School: Health
English 101
IGETC: AREA 1A – ENGLISH COMMUNICATION
A-G High School: Potentially English 9, 10, 11 or 12 although recommended for 11th or 12th graders
Psychology 01
IGETC: AREA 4 – SOCIAL and BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
A-G High School: Elective
Philosophy 01
IGETC: AREA 3B – ARTS AND HUMANITIES
A-G High School: Elective
ANTH V04 – Native Peoples of No. America – Ventura College
IGETC: AREA 4 – SOCIAL and BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
A-G High School: Elective
Biological Anthropology
IGETC: AREA 5B – PHYSICAL and BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
A-G High School: Biology with or without a lab
Spring semester:
Communication Studies 101
IGETC: AREA 1C – ENGLISH COMMUNICATION -only required for CSU
A-G High School: Speech/Elective
IGETC: AREA 1C – ENGLISH COMMUNICATION -only required for CSU
A-G High School: Speech/Public Speaking/Elective
English 103 (prerequisite of English 101)
IGETC: AREA 1B – ENGLISH COMMUNICATION
A-G High School: English 9, 10, 11, or 12 although recommended for 12th graders
Psychology 41 (prerequisite of Psychology 01)
IGETC: AREA 4 – SOCIAL and BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
A-G High School: Elective Life-span Psychology
Art 201
IGETC: AREA 3A – ARTS AND HUMANITIES
A-G High school: Art – VAPA credit
Math 227 (prerequisite of Intro to Statistics Learn Beyond the Book class)
IGETC: AREA 2 – MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS & QUANTITATIVE REASONING
A-G High school: Math – Statistics
Cultural Anthropology
IGETC: AREA 4 – SOCIAL and BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
A-G High School: Elective
Magic, Religion & Witchcraft – Ventura College
IGETC: AREA 4 – SOCIAL and BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
A-G High School: Elective
Political Science 01
IGETC: AREA 4 – SOCIAL and BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES AND CSU GRADUATION REQUIREMENT IN U.S. HISTORY, CONSTITUTION & AMERICAN IDEALS
A-G High School: Civics/Government
